Agent Skills

Overview

Agent Skills are pre-built instructions that tell an agent how to perform a specific task. Skills can also bundle scripts, templates, and reference materials. Think of it as a complex, structured and highly repeatable prompt that tells an Agent to do a specific thing in a specific way.

Skills follow a standard specification and work with any agent that supports this spec. This includes popular coding agents like Cursor, Claude Code and Codex and tools like OpenClaw.

Available Skills

We have an ever-growing set of Skills specific to building with You.com APIs using popular tools and frameworks. Check them out on GitHub: youdotcom-oss/agent-skills

Prerequisites

Before using any skill, you’ll need a You.com API key.

1. Get your key at you.com/platform
2. Set the environment variable:

$
export api_key="your-api-key-here"

Installation

Install All Skills

The fastest way to get started—installs all skills at once:

$
# Using npm
$
npx skills add youdotcom-oss/agent-skills
$
$
# Using Bun (recommended)
$
bunx skills add youdotcom-oss/agent-skills

Install Individual Skills

$
# Install a single skill
$
# Find the full list in our GitHub repo
$
npx skills add youdotcom-oss/agent-skills --skill youdotcom-cli
$
$
# Install multiple specific skills
$
npx skills add youdotcom-oss/agent-skills --skill youdotcom-cli --skill ydc-ai-sdk-integration

Usage

Once installed, your AI coding agent will automatically activate the relevant skill when you describe what you want. For example:

• “Add You.com CLI tools to my bash agent”
• “Integrate Vercel AI SDK with You.com tools”
• “Set up Claude Agent SDK with You.com MCP”
• “Configure OpenAI Agents SDK with You.com MCP”
• “Integrate You.com MCP with my crewAI agents”
• “Set up LangChain agents with You.com tools”
• “Add You.com to my Teams app with Anthropic”

Each skill provides step-by-step instructions, code templates, and validation checklists tailored to the framework.

Resources